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Sir John Whittingdale vs David Burton-Sampson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 316 different votes 322 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
111
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API